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I'm doing it slowly as i will be bargain hunting along the way as I have very very low disposable income
Set whatever money you have budgeted aside every month and buy all at once when you have enough. PC tech changes fast enough that you could find yourself compromised if you commit to one component now. Also, what is latest and greatest now will be second tier in a year's time and almost certainly cheaper in nominal terms than it is now.
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And what do i need to watch out for as i assume it's not as straightforward as joining all the bits together correctly and then turning it on?
Building a PC is surprisingly easy. Main thing to watch out for is incompatible components. Using something like https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ should help avoid that.
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Hi all,
I want to build a PC slowly over the next year so that it can run Windows 11 and run fairly demanding games for my kids.
Current one can just about run Minecraft + any random mods the boys chuck at it, as it has a GPU (it's a small tower so limited on GPU physical size), but it's too old to upgrade the hardware for the next windows.
Where shall i start? What shall i read/research?
And what do i need to watch out for as i assume it's not as straightforward as joining all the bits together correctly and then turning it on?
I've done lots of easy stuff like installed GPU, upgraded RAM, swapped HDDs for SSDs, installed extra drives, so i think it's ok to suggest I'm fairly handy with this sort of thing, but totally ignorant on pitfalls and techniques etc.
I'm doing it slowly as i will be bargain hunting along the way as I have very very low disposable income hooray. I don't need peripherals, I'll use what I've got until I'm forced to replace them.
Any help appreciated